Little Lord Fauntleroy
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(italics) a children's novel (1886) by Frances H. Burnett.
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a pampered or excessively well-behaved young boy resembling the hero of this book.
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Also called Little Lord Fauntleroy suit. Fauntleroy suit.
Example Sentences
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She also used the new site to attack Mr. Penske, calling him “Little Lord Fauntleroy.”
From New York Times
She started a new blog and used it to refer to him as “Little Lord Fauntleroy.”
From New York Times
The year before that, Schroder, whose acting credits include “NYPD Blue,” “Little Lord Fauntleroy” and “Silver Spoons,” was arrested twice in a 30-day span on suspicion of felony domestic violence against his girlfriend.
From Los Angeles Times
Vanity Fair called him "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and New York Magazine once heralded the two brothers as "NYC’s Most Beautiful Teenage Brothers."
From Fox News
In 2015, Corbet made his directing debut, The Childhood of a Leader, starring Robert Pattinson – a period piece about a Little Lord Fauntleroy tyke who grows up to be a fascist dictator.
From The Guardian
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